Ryan Lavigne, a graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and Appalachian State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, has a variety of experience in the legal field. He has worked as a Development Manager at Mercado Global, a Development Officer at Psicología y Derechos Humanos, PSYDEH A.C, as well as Agency Attorney at both the Fair Housing Litigation Unit and Health and Community Services Program Counseling and Litigation Unit for the Office of Legal Affairs. Lavigne has also worked as an Associate at Gorlick Kravitz & Listhaus P.C., Digital Rights Program Fellow at ARTICLE 19, Free Expression Legal Fellow at PEN America, and Legal Intern at Benjamin N. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic. Additionally, he has served as a UN Representative, ECOSOC at Center for Global Nonkilling.